Patient's question:
The room has a strong smell of mothballs. I have a newborn baby who is only a little over a month old. Hello, how great is the harm to the bodies of adults and children? I also don't know where the smell of mothballs is coming from in the room.Doctor's answer:
Looking at the strong smell of camphor balls, because they are volatile, touching infants can easily cause acute hemolysis. Camphor balls are divided into natural camphor balls and synthetic camphor balls. They are organic compounds, and most camphor balls containing naphthalene are white, pungent in smell, and sink in water; while natural camphor balls are smooth, colorless or white crystals, with a fragrant smell, and they float on water. Used for pest prevention, mold prevention, and mildew prevention, natural camphor balls are also known as "stink beads," originally extracted from the aromatic organic compounds of camphor tree branches and leaves.